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[[File:VonGuerard-old ballarat cleaned-wiki.jpg|1000px|thumb|right|Eugene von Guerard, ''Old Ballarat as it was in the summer of 1853-54'', 1884, oil on canvas, mounted on board, Art Gallery of Ballarat Collection, Gift of James Oddie on Eureka Day, 1885.]] | [[File:VonGuerard-old ballarat cleaned-wiki.jpg|1000px|thumb|right|Eugene von Guerard, ''Old Ballarat as it was in the summer of 1853-54'', 1884, oil on canvas, mounted on board, Art Gallery of Ballarat Collection, Gift of James Oddie on Eureka Day, 1885.]] | ||
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| + | ==Ballarat East== | ||
| + | Municipal District 1857-1863, Borough 1863-1870, Town 1872-1921 | ||
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| + | One hundred and eighty three landholders and householders of Ballaarat East petitioned the government to proclaim Ballaarat East [sic] as a municipal district according to the Government Gazette on 21 January 1857. On the 28 April 1857 the Municipal District of Ballarat East [sic] was proclaimed. | ||
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| + | The municipal district commenced at the north-eastern angle of the municipal district of Ballaarat; thence by a line bearing east, and by the River Yarrowee eastward two miles and forty chains; thence by a line bearing south two miles and forty chains; thence by a line bearing west three miles and ten chains, more or less, to the River Yarrowee aforesaid; and thence northwards by that river and by the eastern boundary of the municipal district of Ballaarat to the commencing point.<ref>Dorothy Wickham, Beyond the Wall:Ballarat Female Refuge: A Case Study in Moral Authority, MPhil, Australian Catholic University, 2003, Appendix 1, pp. 140-143</ref> | ||
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== Names associated with Ballarat East == | == Names associated with Ballarat East == | ||
Revision as of 19:36, 10 March 2021
Ballarat East
Municipal District 1857-1863, Borough 1863-1870, Town 1872-1921
One hundred and eighty three landholders and householders of Ballaarat East petitioned the government to proclaim Ballaarat East [sic] as a municipal district according to the Government Gazette on 21 January 1857. On the 28 April 1857 the Municipal District of Ballarat East [sic] was proclaimed.
The municipal district commenced at the north-eastern angle of the municipal district of Ballaarat; thence by a line bearing east, and by the River Yarrowee eastward two miles and forty chains; thence by a line bearing south two miles and forty chains; thence by a line bearing west three miles and ten chains, more or less, to the River Yarrowee aforesaid; and thence northwards by that river and by the eastern boundary of the municipal district of Ballaarat to the commencing point.[1]
Names associated with Ballarat East
Sarah Goddard; George Morgan; Mary Ann Newman; Richard Polkinghorne
Also See
St Alipius- ↑ Dorothy Wickham, Beyond the Wall:Ballarat Female Refuge: A Case Study in Moral Authority, MPhil, Australian Catholic University, 2003, Appendix 1, pp. 140-143
